A Christian reflection on “New Age”
(uploaded from the official Vatican wesite - www.vatican.va ) JESUS CHRIST THE BEARER OF THE WATER OF LIFE A Christian reflection on the “New Age” TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 1. What sort of reflection 1.1. Why now? 1.1. Communications 1.3. Cultural background 1.4. The New Age and Catholic faith 1.5. A positive challenge 2. New Age spirituality: an overview 2.1. What is new about New Age? 2.2. What does the New Age claim to offer? 2.2.1. Enchantment: There Must be an Angel 2.2.2. Harmony and Understanding: Good Vibrations 2.2.3. Health: Golden Living 2.2.4. Wholeness: A Magical Mystery Tour 2.3. The fundamental principles of New Age thinking 2.3.1. A global response in a time of crisis 2.3.2. The essential matrix of New Age thinking 2.3.3. Central themes of the New Age 2.3.4. What does New Age say about 2.3.4.1. ...the human person? 2.3.4.2. ...God? 2.3.4.3. ...the world? 2.4. “Inhabitants of myth rather than history”: New Age and culture 2.5. Why has Ne